New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-06

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b. G. treasurer, John @. Mcfarland; T.
1 G. recorder. a. z. g. Pierson, ST. Paul; u
i G. standard bearer, G. Y. Ferguson, Roch-
ester; .. G. sword bearer. N. e. Powell,
/ Redwood Falls; b. g. warden, G. s. Allen,
i Duluth 5
At the late reunion OF the First Regiment
OF veterans at Saltwater, on the walls was
q long series OF placards, as induces to the
various engagements OF the old First, viz:
/ Bull Run, July q. 1861; second Bull Run,
Aug 30, 1861; yorktown. May Z, 1862;
I West Point, May 8, 1862; Edwards Ferry,
4 Got. %, 1861; Peach Orchard, June 20,
+ 1852 Savage StaeioD June 90, 1862; Fair
Oaks, june l. 1862; Nelson 3 Farm. June
| 80, 1862 Malvern Hill, July i, 1862;
1862: first and second fredericksburg,
Deo:. 15 1S62,and May 3, 1863; Antietam,
Sept. IL, 1862; Mine Run, Nov. 81, 1868;
Gettysburg July and g. 1863; Briston's
Station, Oct. 8, 1868. Officers for the en-
suing, year were chosen as follows: Presi-
dent, Judge Loehran; vice president, e. p.
Perkins. treasurer. James Cannon; secre-
| tary, c.. F. Hausdorf. Their next reunion
will be held at the George A. Bracket
country residence at Lake Minnetonka.
Mr.. Treherne the British vice consul at
St. Paul. has appointed Mr. w. Somerville
Royle.acting vice consul during his alb
| sence.
Korgaard,, cashier OF the State Bank of
Minneapolis has been officially recogniz-
| ed by Secretary Bayard as the Portuguese
consul at that city.
At Winona, on the. 24th, an early morn
ing Blaze completely destroyed the Laird
Norton mill, the largest saw mill on the
| Mississippi a confagration which involves
a direct loss OF 500, 900 and the throwing
| OF 3O0men out ofe1nploylnent. The Laird
Norton company was organized in the
| fifties, and the-saw mill was built in 1858.
The company was Incorporated in 1888
with a capital OF ST 900, 600. Nj. G.. Nor
| ton is president j. L.. Norton, vice presi-
dent and VII. Laird, secretary and treas
urer. They employ about 400 men, and
| manufacture yearly average OF 35,OOo,-
| 900 feet OF lumber. g. 600, 900 lath and 21,-
900, 900 shingle They carry about 25,-
900, 900 feet OF lumber. They have forty
yards in the Northwest, immense pine lands,
and are interested in the Winona lumber
| mill, the North Wisconsin mill at Hay
ward, Wis, and the Chippewa Lumber and
Boom Company.
In the. band contest at Rochester, the
following prizes were awarded: First-class,
Red Wing first, without competition. Sec
ond GLASS;, Spring Valley, first; Cannon
|
| cash prizes were 1925
PENSIONS have been issued to Minreso.
tians,as follows Originals: Jacob Casa
man, Mazeppa; Daniel w. Hand. St.Paul;
Arson Hellger, Arlington; Charles @. Dixie,
| White Bear Lake; John B. Lattonvelle,
! st. Paul; Edmund Rice st. Paul; William
Shinnick, Gontarf; Enneas S. Peat Wheat
land. Increase: Caleb J. May, Cokato.
Reissues: Francis w. Seeley, Lake City;
| Do d.. i
increase: Quincy G. Warren, Grove Lake.
| Charles III. Morton OF Ashland, Wis, has
| filed a complaint in the district court
| against O. s. Hagerman OF ST. Paul to en-.
force the fulfllment OF a contract for the
! sale OF real estate, the amount involved
| being 5000, q Renaissance of the Ashland
! boom.
Taylor's Fails witnesses its annual log
| jam, which is, however, less picturesque
| than that OF 1886.
| AIyron Brown, general agent OF the New
York Lie Insurance company, residing at
| ST. Paul, stepped into the wash room at
the Nicollet house, at Minneapolis. He
| appeared to be in perfect health at the
time, but after washing his hand he turned
partially around and then fell heavily to
the floor. He was picked up and laid on
a table, but when a physician arrived O
few moments later, life was extinct, the
sudden death being attributed to heart
disease Or apoplexy.
| Minnesota again comes to the front in
| the person OF ]. M. Prendergast OF Mime
apolis, who graduated at Georgetown D.
| G.. college. President Cleveland and a
large crowd OF government officials were
present. Mr.. Prendergast took the follow.
! ing: medal for poetry, a premium for
English literature and composition; the
! second prize medal in mathematics, the
first medal in general chemistry, the
Philodemic prize medal for an grafton on
'Old and New Locksley HALF and
special prize for passing an examination
| on the entire '.Iliad."
| At Minneapolis, R. T.. Stillman turned
over to C. II. Chadburn, the Rochester
| (Minn.) capitalist and banker, the Still
man block, the building on Fourth between
Nicollet and Hennepin, now occupied by
the postoffice. This is probably as good
| business property as there is in the city.
The consideration was $2lO, 600. The
| building is q good one, five-story front, but
| it cannot possibly be worth over $1OO,
| 600. Allowing that for the building, and
Mr.. Chadbourn paid over $1,000 a front
| foot for his land.
| Not to exceed ZOO acres OF crops have
been damaged by grasshoppers around Per-
I ham.
/ LII tlle GTlCG COuru dU SU.+FeUCr In the
case OF Twist VS.. Winona & ST. Peter rail-
road, for damages to Twists boy who was
hurt by a turntable, the jury gave a yer.
| dict for plaintiff OF So, 900.
w. IT. Dixon, assistant general passenger
| agent OF the Milwaukee, has issued circu-
lar stating that the Hotel St. Louis at
Minnetonka will be opened July 2 under
the management OF E. P. Emerson, OF the
Ryan, and that within a month the Mil
yankee & St. Paul would have a line to the
! hotel.
| At Minneapolis, Mayfeld. who shot at
| the Winslows, is sentenced to FIVE years.
A test suit is about to be brought at
| Rochester. against A. w. Pingree the mer-
chant OF the smoked sturgeon which were
| eaten in this vicinity with such unpleasant
results. The victims numbered over one
| hundred, and a feware still i'll with cramps
and blood poisoning
Rev Mr.. Hayward, preached his farewell
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